According to the latest statistics from the the International Aluminum Institute (IAI), in June, the global primary aluminum production was around 5.3 million tons, a monthly decrease of 120,000 tons, a decrease of 2.2%; the annual ratio decreased by 2.9%.
During the same period, the global average daily primary aluminum production increased to 17.7 million tons roughly, up by 1.1% month on month, which was a new high in the past years.
In the first six months of this year, the accumulated production fell to 31.8 million tons, down by 1% year on year.
The production of primary aluminum in Europe was 642,000 tons, down by 2.7% year on year; that in North America was around 300,000 tons, down by 5.6% year on year.
Global primary aluminum production falls by 2.2% in Jun m-o-m, y-o-y
26 Jul 2018 14:19 reported by Sharon Hung
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